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Re: H.Z. DAY Co A 2nd Regt Ga State Troops

Thanks as always for your help with this. I would like to share some information sent to me and get your thought on this. This is only part of the information i have and is copied and pasted here. Out of respect for the person who sent this to me i will not post the entire paper since the legitimacy of it may be in question. I have come to respect your opinion on these issues just from reading your other post with different people. The below is where i have obtained my information and have in no way verified any of it simply cause i dont even know where to start other than what you have posted.

"In mid-June 1864, near Kennesaw Mountain, Wilson’s command, approximately seven hundred strong, was attached to Johnston’s Army of Tennessee and joined the four Georgia regiments of Brigadier General Alfred Cumming’s Brigade in Stevenson’s Division, 2nd (Hoods) Corps.

The Battle of Kolb’s farm was fought on 22 June 1864. The first engagement came that afternoon. The 2nd Regiment was in the first line of Stevenson’s Division that charged over “unfavorable ground” and struck the enemy’s position at Kolb Farm near Kennesaw Mountain. The 2nd suffered eighty casualties, representing ten percent of Stevenson’s heavy losses. They were located on what is now Powder Springs Road.

The Macon Daily Telegraph dated June 29, 1864 lists the killed and wounded in the 2nd Regiment Georgia State Line in an assault on the enemy’s works on the evening of the 22nd of June. Those listed in Company E, commanded by Captain T. J. Neal, were none killed; B. F. Geesling was wounded with a contusion to the shoulder; D. Rice received a concussion; L. D. Dunn received a sever wound in both hips; E. J. Dean a slight finger wound; and J. D. Moon a slight neck wound. Evidently James D. Rice went by his middle name of David. (The only Rice’s listed on the muster rolls of Company E are James D. and Robert. See also the first paragraph of this paper.)"

This is not my research, im just looking for the most accurate description of events i can get.

Thanks as always
Mark

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